Details

CPU Clock Rate

4.0GHz

GPU Core Clock Rate

1.0GHz

GPU Effective Memory Clock Rate

4.8GHz

Description

This is the first computer I've ever built. I am primarily going to use for gaming as well as day to day tasks. After a ton of research I picked all my parts and then watched some Youtube videos on how to assemble everything haha. I was worried that something wouldn't work but after a few hours of building everything worked great! I really love how it turned out. The black case and blue lights really look sweet. I haven't gotten to test it much yet but I did play some LoL on max settings and it ran perfectly.

CPU - I went with AMD because of all you get for the price. I didn't see much of a difference in the benchmarks that I saw so I wen't with the cheaper option. Plus I have an AMD now and it's been great to me.

CPU Cooler - Got for a good price on ebay, in case I want to overclock later on.

Motherboard - Research said that it was a good motherboard for my CPU. I didn't want to get a cheap motherboard and then put a good CPU in it, seemed like a waste.

Memory - Pretty much one of the cheapest 8gb ram I could find. Got it on sale. Don't need anything more then 8gb. Plus it's blue to match!

Storage - 1TB is more than enough for me. I wasn't going to put a SSD in but I found this one for a great price on ebay, brand new, and I figured I might as well get it to put the OS on.

Video Card - This came as a combo with something else from newegg so I decided to save some money and get it. Obviously I researched if it was a good card and I didn't find anything bad about it.

Case - I really love how this case looks. I know there a much cheaper ones but oh well.

PSU - Once again, came with a combo on newegg and I didn't find anything bad about it. Good price for a 700w and that should be plenty for me. Too bad it wasn't modular but the wires weren't too hard to hide.

Optical Drive - Cheap and works.

OS - Windows 7 because I don't really like 8.

Overall this cost me about $900 after a boat load of rebates lol. Everything went smoothly as far as building goes. It was really fun to do and I'll probably build all of my computers in the future now too. Let me know what you all think and if you have any questions! Thanks.

Sorry for late reply. I got the lights from http://www.xoxide.com/coldcathodes.html. They have a lot of sizes of the cold cathode lights. Only a slight easy modification and you don't have to use the switch they come with and they will just turn on with the computer.

Great looks and top notch cable management. However, that psu is super lame, no way around it. Worse case scenario, a bottom end psu like that has the potential to damage some of your components down the road, besides being pretty inefficient.

Dang! This is such a nice build. Those blue lights look so nice with the Gunmetal case! I thought this was going to come out to a lot more than just under $1,000. How are the parts working out for you? Anything you regret buying?

I love the way the gunmetal/blue look together. I'm really happy with the deals I got on everything. Everything works great! Nothing I regret getting, though if I did it again I might go with a little more high end psu.

Oh, man. You're doing exactly what I wanted to do with the Gunmetal case - blue and grey are gorgeous. But all my components are turning out red or black (grumble). I'm glad building went smoothly for you!